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Epic sci-fi fantasy Cloud Atlas coming to IMAX

IMAX and Warner Bros. Pictures have announced that the epic drama Cloud Atlas, will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX format and released in select North American IMAX theatres on Oct. 26, 2012. Based on the best-selling novel by David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas is written for the screen and directed by acclaimed filmmakers Lana ….

Fox announces on-the-go HD quality movies before DVD and BD

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced the launch of Digital HD – a new initiative that allows consumers to download or stream their favorite Fox movies on a variety of connected devices. Customized for today’s digital lifestyles, more than 600 Fox films can now be streamed instantly in high-definition from Amazon, CinemaNow, Google Play, ….

Tom Cruise sci-fi thriller Oblivion coming to IMAX screens ahead of wide theatrical release

IMAX and Universal Pictures announced today that Oblivion will be released exclusively in IMAX on April 12, 2013, one week ahead of its wide release on April 19, 2013. The action-adventure starring Tom Cruise marks director Joseph Kosinski’s second IMAX release following 2010’s TRON: Legacy. Exclusively in IMAX, Oblivion will feature a larger aspect ratio, ….

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Star Trek Sequel coming to IMAX and both shooting with IMAX cameras

IMAX, Paramount Pictures and Lionsgate Films have announced that The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the second film in the popular Hunger Games franchise, will be released in the immersive IMAX format on November 22, 2013. Additionally, the as-yet-untitled-sequel to J.J. Abrams’ 2009 blockbuster Star Trek will be released in IMAX 3D on May 17, 2013. ….

Fox to sell movie downloads through exclusive new virtual stores in shopping centers countrywide

I relished those days when I could walk into a Suncoast Video and browse obscure cult film titles for hours, or look up film classics from the golden era of cinema (that being 1970’s action movies of course), and then plunk down my cash for a great movie that I hadn’t watched for years – ….

Tim Burton animated film Frankenweenie IMAX news plus new images

IMAX and Walt Disney Studios today announced that Tim Burton’s stop-motion animated film, Frankenweenie will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX 3D format and released in IMAX digital theatres worldwide on October 5th, 2012. Frankenweenie marks the first black and white Hollywood feature and first stop-motion animated movie to be presented in IMAX. From ….

Next James Bond film to be first-ever released in IMAX

IMAX, Albert R. Broccoli’s EON Productions, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, and Sony Pictures today announced that the long-awaited next chapter in the storied James Bond franchise, Skyfall, will be released in IMAX theatres simultaneously with the film’s international release on October 26th, and its U.S. release on Nov. 9th, 2012. This mark’s the first IMAX installment ….